Handwritten Books

History

These books are unique. They are diaries, journals, and class notebooks. Autograph albums, photograph albums, and scrapbooks are documented elsewhere.

The Images

The covers of the books are available here. The books are listed in chronological order.

• Common Place Poetry (1841)
  
  • Scan is of the inside first page; the cover is plain dark green paper. The pencil at the top of the page was added by an antique dealer and is not original to the document.
    
  • A small diary kept by Sarah D. Tolman x1843, dated Jan 1841.
    
  • Some poems possibly original; mostly about death and mourning.
    

• Ledger/Notebook of Lois W. Rice 1845 (1845-1846)
  
  • Handwritten ledger for the Missionary Society of Marietta Female Seminary
    
  • also included several lists inspired by her Mount Holyoke days:
    
    • "Maxims for Teachers, by Misses Lyon & Grant"
      
    • "Maxims for Teachers"
      

• Diary of Anna E. Bliss 1862 (1880s)
  
  • Musical notation, poetry, copies of letters, dried flowers, etc.
    

• "Worcester Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Association" (1893)
  
  • A typed, bound album of the history and charter of the Worcester club.
    
  • Formal portraits of some officers and honorary members bound inside.
    
  • Laid inside the cover are some letters dated 1900 that were responses to the nominating committee by the nominated members
    
  • the text of the album, minus the letters
    

• A Travel Journal by Cornelia Clapp (1886)
  
  • A collection of eleven entries written by Cornelia Clapp 1871 as she traveled by steamboat from New York City to Antwerp, Belgium with other Mount Holyoke professors and alums
    
  • According to the journal, the entries were split and sent to her two sisters, Hattie and Mary, and her brother Charles
    
  • The text of the journal
    
  • The last entry promised more updates, so it may not be complete
    

• The Susie Lawson archive (circa 1882-1911)
  
  • A collection of notebooks and albums kept by Susie Lawson 1898
    

• The Elsie Spicer archive (circa 1889-1899)
  
  • A collection of notebooks kept by Elsie Spicer x1902
    

• "Diary of Nellie Swift 1896" (1895-1902)
  
  • A handwritten diary, mostly of her junior and senior year
    
  • The text of the diary
    

• "Engineers Log for Mt Holyoke College 1898" (1898)
  
  • a handwritten journal kept by a maintenance worker of all jobs done each day
    

• History Binder (circa 1902)
  
  • Helen Paige Shackley x1905 had this binder for her history notes; alas, the notes themselves have not survived
    
  • The back cover, inside, shows a list of 24 student names; her classmates? "6 Wilder Tues & Fri 9. 9.30" - is that where and when the class met?
    

• The Alice Fairbank archive (circa 1903-1905)
  
  • A collection of notebooks kept by Alice Fairbank x1907
    

• "Mount Holyoke College Zoology 1 and 2 Laboratory" (circa 1904-1906)
  
  • a sketchbook of specimens kept by Carrie Gowing x1908
    
  • corrections by "LBW" (Louise Baird Wallace 1898)
    

• The Lucy Swift Diaries (1904-1907)
  
  • Two diaries kept by Lucy Mabel Swift 1906
    

• Diary of Carrie Gowing x1908 (1906)
  
  • short entries kept during the spring; summer blank; fall partially filled in
    

• "Mount Holyoke College Zoology 3-4 Laboratory" (circa 1910-1913)
  
  • a sketchbook of specimens kept by Alice E. Jones 1913
    
  • corrections by "CMC" (Cornelia Maria Clapp 1871) and "MJH" (Mary J. Hogue)
    

• The Gertrude Scudder archive (circa 1910-1915)
  
  • A collection of notebooks kept by Gertrude Scudder 1915
    

• The Bullard Diaries (1913-1926)
  
  • A collection of diaries kept by Ida Louise Bullard 1917
    

• "A Line a Day Diary" (1919-1922)
  
  • a diary kept by Helen F. Smith 1921
    
  • 1919 is completely filled out; the other years less so
    

• "Notes" (1940-1941)
  
  • A notebook kept by Mildred Allen, associate professor of physics
    
  • Appears to be notes taken during lectures, or notes for her own lectures
    

• "Poetry Notebook" (1943)
  
  • poetry written by Miriam Truesdell 1946
    

• "Diary" (1947)
  
  • a diary kept by Orra Phelps 1918
    

• The Virginia Starquist archive (1939-1941)
  
  • A collection of bluebook examinations by Virginia Starquist 1941
    

• "Desk Diary" (1958)
  
  • appointment calendar kept by Julia Wallace 1961
    

• "Athens Journal" (2005-2006)
  
  • a journal/scrapbook kept by Sara Marquis 2007 of her experiences studying in Athens, Greece from Sept 2005 to May 2006.